Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from many of you, read your comments and listened to your feedback. I would like to take the opportunity today to thank you for your assistance in helping us to reshape the future of Xbox One.

You told us how much you loved the flexibility you have today with games delivered on disc. The ability to lend, share, and resell these games at your discretion is of incredible importance to you. Also important to you is the freedom to play offline, for any length of time, anywhere in the world.

So, today I am announcing the following changes to Xbox One and how you can play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360. Here is what that means:

• An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.
• Trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and rent disc based games just like you do today – There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360.

In addition to buying a disc from a retailer, you can also download games from Xbox Live on day of release. If you choose to download your games, you will be able to play them offline just like you do today. Xbox One games will be playable on any Xbox One console — there will be no regional restrictions.

These changes will impact some of the scenarios we previously announced for Xbox One. The sharing of games will work as it does today, you will simply share the disc. Downloaded titles cannot be shared or resold. Also, similar to today, playing disc based games will require that the disc be in the tray.

Well looks like Xbox one is moving in the right direction. What do you think?

Edited June 19, 201312 yr by KINGICE

xbox one is sht wait for ps4 ( Xbox one is a disaster)

A rock can do more shit than the xbox

its still cost like 100$ more than the ps4... yeaaaaa im still leaning towards ps4 unless they do something like making it backwards compatible

I've always been an xbox fanboy, though I gave up xbox several years ago for PC gaming. I still am interested to see what the Xbox One is all about.

I have always been a fan of the xbox, but I might switch to the ps4 this time. Still kind of un-decided. ^_^

WOOT, hopefully this will help Microsoft win the PS/Xbox war.

Maybe they planned this, they didn't really had this system about confirming that you are playing, can't share games and shit... This made a huuuge topic about xbox, just made people advertising it, a great plan, haha.

Edited June 20, 201312 yr by Piraat

The fact that no one says WHY the ps4 is better is hilarious. You all just read what people tell you like the 24 hour connection thing which was something FALSE made up by a ps4 fanboy. Anyways I have owned both xbox and ps4 and find the xbox to be better. The feature on the new xbox one that really blows me away and makes me want to buy it is the fact that you can download games and not have to use the disk. This you can already do but now you can have up to 10 people in your xbox circle. Those 10 people can access and play any game in your game library at anytime as long as you're not playing that game. BUT there is a rumor that they are making it so you can select 1 person out of those 10 to play the game you're playing at the same time. Either way this is going to be so awesome because for all the singleplayer games you can just get a few of your friend to buy it and you can play it when he isn't or when he isn't on. There are also so many other features to the xbox that will be amazing. Also the kinect CAN be shut off at anytime so it can't do any spying bullshit or anything like that. Also the kinect can pick up a movement as small as clenching your fist tighter after it's already been clinched. Don't know if you get that but basically the kinect could easily pick up the movementof squeezing a trigger so I assume that you will be able to play many shooter games using just the kinect.

Anyways I have owned both xbox and ps4 and find the xbox to be better. T

 

I smell BS.

 

Personally Microsoft are listening to the people, AFTER they saw their pre-orders fail to hit targets.